Art Quote by Christos Gage

“The heroes of urban fantasy come out of the hard-boiled mystery, while the villains, monsters, and antagonists have their own roots in classic horror…

— George R.R. Martin

The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics.

— Hannu Rajaniemi

“The hallmarks of the noir style are fear, guilt and loneliness, breakdown and despair, sexual obsession and social corruption, a sense that the world…

— Francis M. Nevins

Film noir has a mood that everyone can feel. It’s people in trouble, at night, with a little bit of wind and the right…

— David Lynch

Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of regret. So…

— Thomas Haden Church

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonists taste in music, or were told…

— Peter Temple

I think there's been a tendency to place me in what has been characterised as the 'moral centre' of the film. In films like…

— Joan Allen

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or we're told…

— Peter Temple

The best characters are always wretchedly flawed

— Danai Gurira

There are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where…

— Werner Herzog

Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the…

— Karin Slaughter

I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I…

— Barry Eisler